In celebration of Earth Day, Habitat Restoration Day will be taking place at Costaños Canyon this Saturday, April 26th from 9:00am - 1:00pm. Click here for the event flyer. Bring family, friends and neighbors to remove invasive plants and restore the canyon’s native habitat. All ages and abilities welcome!

In partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) asks you to support Air Quality Awareness Week (Monday, April 28th through Friday, May 2nd).

As the weather warms and more people are hiking on San Bruno Mountain, we wanted to provide you with information on Lyme disease so you can learn how to prevent it and if needed, recognize the symptoms to ensure timely diagnosis and treatment. Lyme disease is transmitted by the western black-legged tick and the brochure Lyme Disease in California, published by the State's Department of Public Health Vector-Borne Disease Section, provides a good overview of the disease and should be referenced by all those who enjoy hiking the outdoors. Some great tips worth highlighting from it are:

Wear light-colored clothing so that ticks can be seen more easily.

Wear a long-sleeved shirt and tuck shirt into pants; tuck pants into boots or socks.

Stay on trails and avoid contact with bushes or grasses alongside trails where ticks are common. The same should be applied to your dog if you take them hiking with you.

Check your entire body for ticks for several days after you are out of tick habitat. Parents should carefully examine their children.

As required by law to establish speed limits on certain streets, City staff recently oversaw completion of an Engineering and Traffic Study for speed limits.Included were all city streets that do not fall under the “Prima Facie” section of the California Vehicle Code for speed limits.Prima facie speeds are 25 miles per hour (mph) for streets in residential and business districts, as defined by the vehicle code.

With the study completed earlier this year, speed limits will change at the following locations:

The Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft EA) document for the NorCal OAPM project was released and made available for public review and comment on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. A copy of the document can be downloaded from the NorCal OAPM EA webpage, or viewed at the Brisbane Library (a hardcopy is located on the shelf by the new books). The public is invited to comment by mail or email using the information below:

The FAA invites the public to attend public information workshops for the Draft EA. The closest ones will take place at the San Mateo Public Library and the San Francisco Federal Building. During the workshop, representatives from the FAA and its Consultant Team will be available to answer questions about the project. The workshops will be open-house format and participants can attend anytime at the times and location listed below: